Take six bestselling Crime novelists, a dinner party of deadly delights, one retired Detective Inspector, one weird gardener, a brooding brother, and a mysterious Japanese blossom. Mix well at a dinner party, add a dash of sex and a pinch of intrigue and gently heat. When suitably simmering mix in a gruesome death and stir.

Welcome to Burnham Manor, the Cotswold retreat of bestselling crime writer and television chef Max Wilde.

Once a year Max hosts a lavish dinner party for the great and good of the crime writing world and this year is to be no different, except that it’s going to be Max’s last. Unbeknownst to Max someone desires his death, but who among his list of respected crime writers could it be?

Perhaps it’s the delightfully young and vivacious Sydney Fletch, who seems oddly immune to Max’s charms? Or perhaps it’s Indie crime writer Gareth Black, whose latest offering has knocked Max’s usually unstoppable bestseller from the top spot? What about Indian legend Sanjay Chakrabati, whose career is floundering in the wake of Max’s unbridled success? Or could it be Margaret Hemshaw, writer of bodice-ripping 17th-century crime mysteries, who has little love for her illustrious host?

Into the mix is Pat Hemshaw, Margaret’s daughter and former lover of Max Wilde; Max’s brother and business partner, Robert; Max’s PA and the genius behind his books, Gemma Collis; and finally former Detective Inspector Jack Finney.

One of them has a motive for murder. But which one?

From the author of crime thrillers "While you Were Out" and "HMP BlackRock" (under pen-name GS BUrroughs) comes a respectful nod to the Golden Age of crime writing. Can you solve the mystery before the thrilling last pages?

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